Mehbooba Mufti asks ‘what’s the difference between India and Bangladesh’, J&K BJP fumes

The remark drew considerable flak with J&K BJP leaders accusing her of making “anti-national” remarks by comparing the situation in Bangladesh to India.

Former J&K BJP president Ravinder Raina called Mufti’s comments “wrong and condemnable”, stating that Bangladesh is notorious for severe human rights violations, including attacks on minorities, harassment of women, and the desecration of statues of its founder. “The J-K government should take a serious note of the anti-national statement of Mehbooba and her conspiracies. Action should be taken against her,” he added.

Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma accused Mufti of using such statements to revive her party after its poor performance in the recent assembly elections. “The PDP is completely finished and Mehbooba is making such statements to provoke Muslims in an attempt to re-establish her party. She is trying to mislead the people by such types of statements, knowing fully that Muslims in the country, especially in J-K are safe,” he said, adding that there is no comparison between the situation in Bangladesh and India.

(With inputs from PTI)